Carrie Bethel
Mono Lake Paiute – Kucadikadi (Northern Paiute) basketmaker (1898–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carrie McGowan Bethel (1898–1974) was a Mono Lake Paiute – Kucadikadi (Northern Paiute)[1] basketmaker associated with Yosemite National Park. She was born Carrie McGowan in Lee Vining, California, and began making baskets at age twelve. She participated in basket-making competitions in the Yosemite Indian Field Days in 1926 and 1929. She gave basket weaving demonstrations at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.[2]
Carrie Bethel | |
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Born | Carrie McGowan Bethel 1898 |
Died | 1974 (aged 75–76) |
Nationality | Kucadikadi |
Known for | Basket weaving |
Awards | 1926 Yosemite Field Days competition |
Bethel was one of a group of Mono-Paiute women who "became known for their exceedingly fine, visually stunning and complex polychrome baskets."[3] Other basket weaving artists in this group included Nellie Charlie and Lucy Telles.
Bethel died in Lee Vining, in 1974.